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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Harpactea  Bristowe, 1939   221 species

Harpactea tenuiemboli Deltshev, 2011

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow to yellow-brown in cephalic part. Anterior median eyes larger than remaining eyes. Chelicerae light brown, promargin and retromargin with 2 denticles. Leg yellow to yellow-brown. Opisthosoma white to light grey.

Body length male: 4.87 mm
Female

Female unknown.

Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Serbia, Kosovo
Phenology
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Distribution List
Kosovo   (Geci et al., 2025c) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev, 2011b) |||
References

Deltshev C (2011b) Harpactea lazarovi sp. n. and H. tenuiemboli sp. n., two new spider species from Balkan Peninsula (Araneae, Dysderidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 87: 221-226 pdf

Geci D, Ibrahimi H, Strohmeier T, Koblmüller S, Bilalli A, Zamani A (2025c) First DNA barcoding of Dysderidae (Araneae) from Kosovo, with new records and the description of a new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939. Zootaxa 5653: 486-500 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

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